VENICE - On Monday, Venice’s Gallerie dell’Accademia reopened its doors to the public, welcoming more than 150 visitors in the morning alone.

  PARMA - From Feb. 10 - April 30, the Parma Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography will be exhibiting its newest collection entitled: “TRIBES, the last breath on earth.”

  VATICAN CITY - The Vatican Radio celebrates its 90th year of transmitting the Pope’s very own words all around the world. Having been founded on Feb.

  ROME - The internationally renowned cinematographer Giuseppe ‘Peppino’ Rotunno has died aged 97, his family said.

  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – London street artist, Endless, has recently unveiled his mural: ‘Powder To The People’, promoting 2021 Ski World Championships (Feb. 8 - 21).

  BIHAC - The Italian street artist Laika has unveiled a series of posters on the Croatian - Bosnian border speaking out against the conditions of the migrants held there, and the inaction of the E

  POMPEII – 50 years after being stolen from Pompeii, a 2000 year old fragment of a statue has been returned in a cardboard box with a sorry note.

  ROME - The Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia has announced its reopening with a livestream to take place on Wednesday at 5:00pm.

  ROME - For centuries, the woman most associated with Dante was Beatrice, considered his muse and one true love.

  ROME - The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome has announced its reopening on Monday, as Lazio becomes a yellow zone, detailing their new shows planned for the upcoming months

  ROME - Responding to an invitation from Father Abbot Dom Mauro Meacci, Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Subiaco a

  MILAN – Coima SGR – the leading Italian independent asset management company of real estate investments on behalf of institutions – has awarded Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and Stefano Boeri A

  ROME - The Galleria Borghese have announced their 2021 exhibition programme, with two main events, one opening in spring, and the other in autumn. 

  ROME - If Rome and Lazio return to the yellow zone in the next few days, museums could be reopened, even if it would be in effect only a reopening for residents and the local public.

  MILAN - Live opera is returning to La Scala, fully staged, for the first time since last February when theatres were shut for the first lockdown.

  BOLOGNA - A documentary about an Italian scientist has been selected on the list of 200 documentaries up for the category of Best Documentary at this years Oscars. 

 SALERNO - The University of Salerno, in collaboration with Milano Bicocca University and Middlesex University London and support from the Mediterranean Tourism and Archeological Exchange (BMTA), h

  ROME - The island of Procida has been crowned the 2022 Italian City of Culture by the Minister for Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (MiBACT), Dario Franceschini.

RIMINI - A three day programme of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birthday has been organised by the Cineteca Comunale of Rimini, to take place online.

 FLORENCE – The Uffizi Gallery has launched a series of Facebook videos celebrating the food in great works of art, Uffizi Gallery officials have revealed.

  SALERNO – Many press articles have spoken about the story of my life and how I arrived in Lecco during the heyday of the Northern League led by Umberto Bossi, t

 ROME – A professor in the architecture faculty at the hallowed La Sapienza University has been sentenced to a 10 year prison term after being found guilty of dem

 ROME -- UK advertising agency OMD has cancelled an order with Italian Insider for a British Government advertising campaign to inform British expatriates in Ital

 ROME – It is the world famous sweet bread that transcends cultures, and Italians consume tonnes of the mouth-watering treat at Christmas time.